Monaco finished a super-tough week on a high by recording an important victory over Valencia
Fatigued Monaco responded to pull out an 'amazing' win
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Round 31 of 34
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In usual circumstances, AS Monaco head coach Sasa Obradovic would not be too pleased with his side's performance in a hard-fought 79-78 win over Valencia Basket.
His team, which entered the league committing a league-low 9.7 turnovers, had 9 before halftime and finished with 15. Monaco made just 12-of-20 free throws and never managed to put the game away.
However, after the game, Obradovic fired away:
"In the situation that we were in [the last few] days, it is an amazing win," Obradovic sad. "It was really like a finals [victory] for me. A great win."
A grueling stretch for Monaco
Obviously, there is a background to the whole story. The situation Obradovic is referring to is a fact that this was Monaco's fifth game in the last nine days.
It started with a road win in Berlin last Thursday, continued with French Cup games on Saturday and Sunday, before a Round 30 contest against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan at home on Wednesday.
"We have a fatigue going on, but we pushed through it," Mike James noted. "We just wanted to get the win and move on."
That they did, thanks to a fourth-quarter effort.
Game Videos
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Valencia Basket-AS Monaco | Round 21 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Reuvers rises to the rafters! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:15
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Braxton Key denies Mirotic! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:18
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Alpha Diallo’s spectacular putback slam! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:15
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Thompson blocks, Sako dunks! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:15
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Braxton Key locks the door for Valencia! Motorola Magic Moment
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Valencia Basket | Round 20 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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AS Monaco-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | Round 20 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Nathan Reuvers dunks after Jean Montero’s steal! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:18
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Hayes stops Parker at the rim! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:09
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James feeds Theis off the glass! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:16
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Neal Sako dunks off Darius Thompson’s alley-oop dish! Motorola Magic Moment
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Top 10 Assists | December | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Top 10 Dunks | December | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Valencia Basket-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | Round 19 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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FC Barcelona-AS Monaco | Round 19 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Strazel feeds Hayes for the slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Reuvers hammers it home! Motorola Magic Moment
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AS Monaco-Real Madrid | Round 18 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Valencia Basket-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | Round 18 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Omari Moore slices through the lane for the explosive jam! Motorola Magic Moment
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AS Monaco-FC Bayern Munich | Round 17 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Blossomgame finishes Okobo’s fancy dime! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:23
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Okobo with the great chasedown block! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:16
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What a feed by James for the Theis dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:19
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Hayes swats Giffey! Motorola Magic Moment
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Theis finishes the inbounds alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv-Valencia Basket | Round 17 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Taylor throws down De Larrea’s feed! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-AS Monaco | Round 16 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Theis denies Radzevicius! Motorola Magic Moment
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Olympiacos Piraeus-Valencia Basket | Round 16 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Neal Sako dunks off Jean Montero’s alley-oop dish! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:10
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Nathan Reuvers opens the scoring in style! Motorola Magic Moment
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AS Monaco-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | Round 15 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Hayes hammer lifts Monaco! Motorola Magic Moment
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Valencia Basket-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | Round 15 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Round 14: Top 10 plays
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Valencia Basket | Round 14 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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WOW! Thompson takes off with force! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:09
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Taylor beats the buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:14
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Thompson delivers, Sako dunks! Motorola Magic Moment
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AS Monaco-Paris Basketball | Round 14 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Top 10 Plays | November | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Top 10 Blocks | November | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Round 13: Top 10 plays
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AS Monaco-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | Round 13 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Showtime basketball by Monaco! Motorola Magic Moment
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Mirotic shows his hustle! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kevarrius Hayes erupts for the dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
Monaco was seemingly in control for the entire game, and led by 12 in the first half, but Valencia never went away. At one point late in the third quarter the visitors were 9 for 18 from long range, and Valencia went in front 59-61 midway through the fourth quarter, its only lead the entire night.
But Monaco answered with a 10-1 run, with John Brown bringing energy after spending most of the second half on the sidelines after spraining his foot. Mike James made plays on both ends of the floor, as did Donta Hall, who had three dunks during that aforementioned run.
"Last quarter, when we needed, we were good defensively. I am happy," Obradovic added.
What made things even more difficult is that this performance came just 48 hours after an 18-point home loss against Milan, which snapped Monaco's seven-game winning streak.
"We got punched in the face against Milan, but good teams respond," commented Jaron Blossomgame. "Luckily, we responded."
Blossomgame scored 14 of his 17 points in the first half, helping Monaco get over that 'punch in the mouth', before James and Hall finished the job.
The win put Monaco a win away from clinching a playoff spot and keeps it on track to grab home-court advantage in the playoffs. Coach Obradovic has no doubt his team will be looking back to its old self in no time.
"We were struggling physically tonight, but we are going to be a completely different team in a couple of days. I am quite sure, and we are getting back some players who missed some time. It is going to be a different picture."